12216962

Automatic Quantitative Food Intake Tracking

PublishedFebruary 4, 2025
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1. A method for quantitatively tracking food intake using smart glasses, the method comprising: capturing at least one image of food, and motion data indicative of motion by a user of the smart glasses; identifying a type of the food by performing object recognition on the at least one image of food; determining a volume of the food by performing volume estimation on the at least one image of food; obtaining nutritional data associated with the type of the food and the volume of the food; generating nutritional performance data by comparing the nutritional data to a nutritional benchmark for the user; identifying a plurality of hand-to-mouth motions by the user by analyzing the motion data; identifying a plurality of chewing motions by the user using the smart glasses; calculating a weighted average of a number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions and a number of the plurality of chewing motions, wherein calculating the weighted average includes weighing the number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions more heavily than the number of the plurality of chewing motions; generating food intake frequency data by comparing the weighted average of the number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions and the number of the plurality of chewing motions to baseline metrics; and displaying the nutritional performance data and the food intake frequency data to the user on the smart glasses.

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2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions includes determining that a gaze of the user is focused on food being brought to a mouth of the user.

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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of chewing motions are identified, at least in part, using an audio signal captured by a microphone on the smart glasses.

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4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving feedback from the user explicitly identifying the type of the food; and updating, based on the feedback, a machine learning model trained to perform the object recognition for the type of the food.

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5. The method of claim 1, wherein the volume estimation is performed by analyzing a plurality of images of the food captured at different angles.

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6. The method of claim 1, wherein the volume estimation is performed by applying a machine learning model trained to predict depth of the food from one image of the food.

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7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions includes: applying a machine learning model trained to receive the motion data and categorize the motion data as being or not being indicative of a hand-to-mouth motion.

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8. The method of claim 1, wherein the motion data is received from at least one of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) or an image capture device, or a combination thereof.

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9. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a process for quantitatively tracking food intake using smart glasses, the process comprising: capturing motion data indicative of motion by a user of the smart glasses; identifying a plurality of hand-to-mouth motions by the user by analyzing the motion data; identifying a plurality of chewing motions by the user using the smart glasses; calculating a weighted average of a number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions and a number of the plurality of chewing motions, wherein calculating the weighted average includes weighing the number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions more heavily than the number of the plurality of chewing motions; generating food intake frequency data by comparing the weighted average of the number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions and the number of the plurality of chewing motions to baseline metrics; and displaying the food intake frequency data to the user on the smart glasses.

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10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the process further comprises: capturing at least one image of food; identifying a type of the food by performing object recognition on the at least one image of food; determining a volume of the food by performing volume estimation on the at least one image of food; obtaining nutritional data associated with the type of the food and the volume of the food; generating nutritional performance data by comparing the nutritional data to a nutritional benchmark for the user; and displaying the nutritional performance data to the user on the smart glasses.

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11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein identifying the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions includes determining that a gaze of the user is focused on food being brought to a mouth of the user.

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12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of chewing motions are identified, at least in part, using an audio signal captured by a microphone on the smart glasses.

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13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein identifying the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions includes: applying a machine learning model trained to receive the motion data and categorize the motion data as being or not being indicative of a hand-to-mouth motion.

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14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the motion data is received from at least one of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) or an image capture device, or a combination thereof.

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15. A computing system for quantitatively tracking food intake using smart glasses, the computing system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform a process comprising: capturing at least one image of food; identifying a type of the food by performing object recognition on the at least one image of food; determining a volume of the food by performing volume estimation on the at least one image of food; obtaining nutritional data associated with the type of the food and the volume of the food; generating nutritional performance data by comparing the nutritional data to a nutritional benchmark for a user of the smart glasses; identifying a plurality of hand-to-mouth motions by the user by analyzing the motion data; identifying a plurality of chewing motions by the user using the smart glasses; calculating a weighted average of a number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions and a number of the plurality of chewing motions, wherein calculating the weighted average includes weighing the number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions more heavily than the number of the plurality of chewing motions; generating food intake frequency data by comparing the weighted average of the number of the plurality of hand-to-mouth motions and the number of the plurality of chewing motions to baseline metrics; and displaying the nutritional performance data and the food intake frequency data to the user on the smart glasses.

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16. The computing system of claim 15, wherein the volume estimation is performed by analyzing a plurality of images of the food captured at different angles.

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17. The computing system of claim 15, wherein the volume estimation is performed by applying a machine learning model trained to predict depth of the food from one image of the food.

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February 4, 2025

Inventors

Wen LI
John RUMSFELD
Charles Liam GOUDGE
Freddy ABNOUSI

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